U.S. State Dept. Spox: ‘Everybody wants Assad out five years ago’
21st Century Wire says…
At Tuesday’s U.S. State Department briefing, spokesperson Heather Nauert, once again, displayed her servitude to Washington’s geopolitical agenda in Syria.
21st Century Wire says…
At Tuesday’s U.S. State Department briefing, spokesperson Heather Nauert, once again, displayed her servitude to Washington’s geopolitical agenda in Syria.
(ANTIMEDIA) — Last week, the U.S. was in the minority when it voted against a United Nations (U.N.) resolution encouraging countries to move toward abolishing the death penalty. In addition to arguing against the practice on general principle, the U.N.’s Human Rights Council noted the disproportionate manner in which states tend to use it.
We’re just happy!” State Department spokesperson Heather Naurt said with a huge grin on her face.
The AP journalist immediately rains on her parade, “Would you still say they [Saudi Arabia] need to do… a lot more with women’s rights?”
“I think we’re just happy today…” she said, this time with a frown, trying to hold back her angry scowl.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke earlier about the steps that Russia, the US and Jordan are taking to finalise the deals for the creation of de-escalation zone in areas of south western Syria covered by the recently agreed upon ceasefire. He also spoke of how the guarantors will in communication with both Syrian forces and their enemies from an operations centre to be based in Amman.
During a press conference, RT’s Caleb Maupin asked US Sate Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert if US stories about an ‘imminent chemical weapons attack’ will bait terrorist groups into staging one themselves.
Her answer was both arrogant, flippant and factually incorrect as Mr. Maupin pointed out, even as Nauert tried to shut him up.
It has to be seen to be believed.
(ANTIWAR) — The US stance on Saudi Arabia and its allies’ hostility toward Qatar, including an outright blockade, has not been particularly consistent in the last couple of weeks. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert took a more direct position against the blockade today, but that is just raising more questions.
Dennis Rodman has gifted North Korean officials a copy of Donald Trump’s book on how to win big in business The Art of The Deal. The former professional basketball star is one of the few people on earth who can count Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un as acquaintances. In the case of the North Korean leader, Rodman has called Kim a “friend for life”.